Review Article

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Table 3

Statistics of tumor size change, echogenicity in B-mode ultrasound image, and Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) score of advanced pancreatic cancer patients undergoing HIFU therapy.

Size decrease
( )
Size increase ( )Echo ( )KPS % ( )
Prior HIFUPost HIFUIncrease

163
(25.91%)
57
(9.06%)
0%–100%
Mean: 73.12%
38.1 ± 17.8~67.8 ± 9.474 ± 15~85.71 ± 4.95151.77%